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Natalie M. Cannon, PE [email protected] 720.490.0101 (cell) Professional Experience Jan 2006 – Present AECOM Lakewood, CO Water Treatment Engineer • Project Manager/Project Engineer/Technical Lead for various water and wastewater engineering projects (see Project Experience). • Reviewed drawings and specifications for adequacy, accuracy, and completeness. • Determined general engineering layout and details to accomplish desired results within specific design parameters, site conditions, and regulatory boundaries. • Evaluated treatment plant modification, rehabilitation, and expansion alternatives. • Conducted comprehensive performance evaluation for water treatment plant. • Managed pilot and bench tests for water treatment plants. • Prepared specifications, drawings, cost estimates and schedules. • Performed construction observation on civil projects, including a 100-mile-long, 60-inch-diameter pipeline. • Assisted clients in bid process. • Conducted client and contractor meetings. • Performed civil and process review of contractor submittals. • Participated in marketing pursuits, including generating proposals, attending client interviews, and presenting at industry conferences. • Created and maintained employee wellness program. Oct 2005 – Jan 2006 Weston Solutions New Orleans, LA Superfund Technical Assistant & Response Team (START) • Managed field team for the identification and collection of hazardous materials after Hurricane Katrina. • Coordinated scheduling of personnel to conduct site reconnaissance and clean-up. • Managed acquisition, compilation, and transfer of field data to client. Sep 2004 – Sep 2005 Geomatrix Denver, CO Project Engineer • Coordinated field sampling collection and laboratory analysis to evaluate the fate of contaminant in sewage collection systems, and to evaluate the efficacy of various treatment methods in removing contaminants from surface water and ground water. • Conducted team meetings that included the client, internal team members, the University of Colorado, and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District. • Generated engineering plans and specifications and reviewed contractor submittals. • Co-authored in project reports. • Assisted in procurement of materials for bench and pilot tests. May 2004 – Sep 2004 Tetra Tech, EMI Denver, CO Staff Engineer • Coordinated field sampling and laboratory analysis for the evaluation of the Pueblo Chemical Depot’s 60 year old drinking water distribution system and assisted in Recommendation of Improvements Report. • Conducted Phase I site visits and generated reconnaissance reports. • Generated feasibility studies for the Environmental Protection Agency. Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 Laboratory Assistant

CDWO Center for Drinking Water Optimization

Boulder, CO

Natalie M. Cannon, PE [email protected] 720.490.0101 (cell) • •

Designed and implemented bench scale drinking water treatment processes. Coordinated jar testing, disinfectant analysis, and water quality analysis, regulatory compliance, data interpretation and modeling.

Education 2003 1997

Master of Science, Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

University of Colorado Florida State University

Registrations and Affiliations

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Professional Engineer ,NM 19149, 2008 Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200 American Water Works Association (AWWA), Member RMS AWWA/WEA Publications Committee Erumbles Co-editor PSMJ Project Management Training, 2008 40 hr HAZWOPPER, 2004 Hazardous Materials Transportation, 2004

Presentations and Proceedings Co-author and Co-presenter: “Conservation and Reuse.” 2009. Fall RMSAWWA/RMWEA Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Co-author and Co-presenter: “What Utilities Should Know About Emerging Contaminants of Concern.” 2008. Fall RMSAWWA/RMWEA Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. Presenter: “Coagulation/Microfiltration for Metals Removal.” RMS-AWWA Annual Conference, Keystone, CO, September 2007. Presenter: “Integrated Engineering for Water Resources Planning in Colorado” RMWEA PWO Operators Seminar, Pueblo, CO, April 2007. Co-author and Co-presenter: “Integrated Engineering for Water Resources Planning in Colorado” Colorado Water Congress, Denver, CO, January 2007. Co-author, “Practical Modeling of Chlorine and Chloramine Decay in Drinking Water.” AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2004 Co-author, “Short-Term Chlorine Decay and Disinfection By-Product Formation.” AWWA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2002 Presenter “Short-term chlorine and long-term chloramine decay.” RMS-AWWA WQT Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, September 2002. M.S. Thesis, The Impacts of Advanced Treatment and Water Quality Parameters on Chloramine Decay (AWWARF funded).

Project Work Atoka Pump Station Rehabilitation Project, Oklahoma City, OK: Associate engineer for the Atoka Pump Station Rehabilitation Project to increase overall pump station and pipeline capacity from 60 MGD to 90 MGD. The Atoka pipeline extends over 100 miles lifting raw water up a total of 600 feet from Atoka Lake to Draper Lake. The project includes rehabilitation of 6 pump stations, including design and installation of 4 vertical turbine pumps, 20 horizontal centrifugal pumps, 24 VFDs and more than 139 large diameter valves. Significant planning and coordination between all parties required to reduce pump station downtime during construction. Performed as liaison for the field and office activities, which included coordination with the client, design team, contractor, prepurchase equipment vendors, and regulatory agencies. Led construction meetings in the

Natalie M. Cannon, PE [email protected] 720.490.0101 (cell) absence of the construction manager, managed coordination of technical documents (i.e. SharePoint, RFIs, submittals, ESIs, etc.), and performed technical review for civil and process. Semper Water Treatment Facility, Miscellaneous Improvements, City of Westminster, CO: Associate Engineer. Performed an alternative analysis of treatment facility improvements to upgrade the City’s lime feed system and sodium permanganate feed system. Final lime feed system improvements included retrofit design of the existing screw auger feed system and batch mixing tank, including modifications to piping, electrical, and I&C components. Final sodium permanganate system improvements included converting their tote feed system to a high concentration batch feed system. Project included relocating chemical feed pumps, and retrofitting new chemical feed and discharge piping and large FRP tanks. The project also consisted of evaluation of the trac-vac system. Assisted client in bid-phase services and construction phase services. Performed technical review of submittals and RFIs, site visits, attendance of construction meetings. Semper Water Treatment Facility, Vault No. 2 Rehabilitation City of Westminster, CO: Performed as assistant engineer to replace 2 large diameter control valves, as well as interior and exterior piping. Retrofit design posed engineering challenges particularly with electrical and structural rehabilitation. Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (Phase I), Norwood, CO: Project engineer. Activities included coordination and implementation of a water quality field-testing program, historical data evaluation, and assessment of the treatment plant processes to identify factors that were adversely affecting the plant’s turbidity removal and accelerating DBP formation. Conducted a Comprehensive Performance Evaluation to assist the Norwood Water Commission in evaluating the existing water treatment facility to identify opportunities for upgrades and improvements. Provided summary of findings, identified opportunities for improvements, and wrote a summary of recommendations and estimated costs in final report. Comprehensive Technical Assistance (Phase II), Norwood, CO: Project engineer. Performed upgrades to existing coagulation and sedimentation basins at the Norwood Water Treatment Plant. Developed pilot-test O&M manuals for the subsequent parallel testing of membrane units to replace existing multi-media filters and improve overall water quality for TOC, turbidity, and DBP formation in the distribution system. Included design and construction phase services. Project Specialist for FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) Program for Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Beaumont, TX: Subcontractor for FEMA's Public Assistance Program for Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Assisted FEMA's emergency and disaster response resource needs for assessing damage to water and wastewater treatment facilities and producing project worksheets to obligate federal funds to eligible applicants per the Stafford Act and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 206 and Part 13. Responsibilities included coordination of multiple parties, including Federal, State, and local jurisdictions for the assessment of damage in emergency and disaster areas as declared by the President. Pilot Plant Services for Potable Water Treatment, Town of Black Hawk, Black Hawk, CO: Project engineer. Developed design criteria for alternative treatment processes to achieve the desired water quality goals, to develop capital and life cycle costs, and to perform pilot-scale and bench-scale demonstrations of selected treatment alternatives. Provided the City a basis of design for the Dory Hill Water Treatment Plant to permit, acquire, transport, and treat three raw water sources to double the treated water supply at Dory Hill in order to meet anticipated increases in treated water demand. Coordinated compliance activities among several agencies and within strict water rights permitting parameters. Comprehensive Plan Update, City of Durango, Durango, CO: Project engineer. Analyzed the City’s existing water treatment facilities and treatment capacity as part of the City’s effort to update an existing and outdated Comprehensive Plan and improve capacity for future demand.

Natalie M. Cannon, PE [email protected] 720.490.0101 (cell) Gold Run Lift Station Rehabilitation, Town of Dillon, Dillon, CO: Project engineer. Performed hydraulic study, conceptual design and final design for the rehabilitation of an existing sewer lift station. Grange Hall Creek Lift Station, City of Thornton, Thornton, CO: Project engineer. Assisted with the design of a 1.5 MGD sewer lift station to replace an existing 32-year old station that delivered wastewater to a Metro Wastewater Reclamation District interceptor. Project involved replacing an old station to create a safer working environment, increase station capacity, and ensure structural integrity in a corrosive environment. Project specifics include site design and analysis; pump selection, station configuration, and CDPHE coordination and permitting. North Raw Water Settling Ponds Preliminary Design, Clifton Water District, Clifton, CO: Project engineer. Assisted with layout, design, and geotechnical issues associated with construction of earthen settling ponds used to remove turbidity from the Grand Valley Canal, including outlet structures, and pipelines to transport the settled water to the WTP. Coordinated and completed compliance activities with various entities including the Grand Canal Company, US Fish and Wildlife, Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG), Colorado State Dam Safety Review, and State Engineers Office (SEO). Secondary Treatment of Filter Backwash Water, City of Fresno, Fresno, CA: Project engineer. Designed cutting-edge rapid filtration units to treat filter backwash water for the Fresno Surface Water Treatment Facility. Performed extensive hydraulic and mechanical coordination and design for the implementation of a complex and operator friendly automated system. Rapid filtration system includes the addition of polymer for coagulation prior to filtration and pump station to transfer filtered backwash water for return or agricultural use. Superfund Technical Assessment & Response Team (START), New Orleans, LA: EPA subcontractor for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita response and recovery team. Coordinated response resource needs for HAZMAT responses. Responsibilities included coordination of multiple parties, including New Orleans Fire Department, Criminal Investigations Unit, USEPA, START, and local Parish jurisdictions for the removal of hazardous materials and chemicals both in the field and in chemistry laboratories of educational institutions. Ion Exchange Pilot Testing, Santa Clarita, CA: Staff engineer for pilot testing various ion exchange resins at a perchlorate-contaminated site in the City of Santa Clarita. Responsibilities included ion exchange material selection, pilot skid design review, effluent transport and NPDES Permit compliance. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) Sewer Study, Los Angeles, CA: Water quality consultant for a pilot test to evaluate the fate of perchlorate in a 320 MGD wastewater treatment system. Team consisted of LACSD and University of Colorado (CU). Managed LACSD field sampling and CU laboratory analysis; authored Final Report. Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD), Pueblo, CO: Staff engineer for the evaluation of chlorine residual and disinfectant by-product formation in PCDs 60 year old drinking water distribution system. Managed field sampling and laboratory analysis, and assisted with recommendation of improvements report. Center for Drinking Water Optimization, Research Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO: Designed and implemented bench scale drinking water treatment processes including coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, UV irradiation, granular activated carbon adsorption, ozonation, and ozonation followed by biofiltration. Involved in jar testing, disinfectant analysis, and water quality analysis, regulatory compliance, data interpretation and modeling. Superfund Technical Assessment & Response Team (START), New Orleans, LA: EPA subcontractor for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita response and recovery team. Responsibilities included

Natalie M. Cannon, PE [email protected] 720.490.0101 (cell) identification and data management for the removal of hazardous materials and chemicals both in the field and in chemistry laboratories of educational institutions. Tetra Tech EM Inc., Denver, CO: EPA sub-contractor to support a feasibility study to evaluate the effectiveness of zeolite for the Ogden Rail Yard remediation site. Valladolid III Energy Center, Valladolid, México: Staff engineer for the acquisition and transport of the water supply for the Valladolid III Energy Center. Involved in materials procurement and design review. Water Treatment Plants, Los Angeles, CA: Staff engineer for the design of drinking water treatment plants to remove perchlorate, NDMA, 1,4-dioxane, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a contaminated groundwater supply.